Volunteer Sub Committee

Other sub-committees and their responsibilities:

• Program sub-committee
• Funding sub-committee
• Decorating sub-committee
• Food sub-committee
• Marketing sub-committee

Volunteers are critical to the success of an event. By supporting the work of the food, program, decorating and marketing sub-committees volunteers help complete the committee’s workforce.
Some things to consider:

• Volunteers are future members and leaders
• Volunteers expect to do things, let them
• Communication is key to success

The Chair of the Volunteer sub-committee is responsible for:

• Convening a committee
• Setting meeting times and agendas
• Supporting the volunteer needs of other sub-committees
• Communicating the Volunteer plan to the Event Committee
• Identifying needed human resources
• Creating a volunteer committee time line
• Assigning tasks to volunteers
• Scheduling volunteer times
• Confirming volunteer times with volunteers and committee chairs
• Send a reminder the day prior to the scheduled activity
• Evaluating the effectiveness of the Volunteer plan
• Thanking all of the participants

The Committee may support:

• Decorating
• Set-up
• Kitchen production and Serving (if not handled by the caterer)
• Venue clean up
• Kitchen clean up
• Booth staffing